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Definition of Protestant in US English:

Protestant

noun

A member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches.

Protestants are so called after the declaration (protestatio) of Martin Luther and his supporters dissenting from the decision of the Diet of Spires (1529), which reaffirmed the edict of the Diet of Worms against the Reformation. All Protestants reject the authority of the papacy, both religious and political, and find authority in the text of the Bible

‘As a patron of church reform and champion of the Dutch Protestants, he was a sitting duck for Catholic polemicists.’

‘She didn't argue that Protestants were there because they had nowhere else to go.’

‘The building was first founded as a Huguenot Church for Protestants fleeing Catholic oppression in France.’

‘They are on a quest to find all the Protestants who used to live in the South but, according to Uncle Andy, have now gone missing.’

‘The derisive response of many Protestants the following day was to pin twists of sponge to their lapel.’

‘Many Protestants were leaving the province to go to university in Britain, and often they did not return.’

‘Charles V had wanted abuses looked at first in an attempt to please the Protestants and hopefully tempt them back to the church.’

‘There are now more Latino Protestants in the US than there are either Jews or Muslims.’

‘At the end of his life, Erasmus was at odds with both Protestants and Roman Catholics.’

‘In those rock 'n' roll years, young Catholics and Protestants had even begun to mix as never before.’

‘Some Protestants are joining the other faithful who use prayer beads as a tool of devotion.’

‘It's a minority Church also in the north of Ireland where most Protestants are Presbyterians.’

‘The Huguenots were French Protestants who had been persecuted for their faith.’

‘Evangelical Protestants sought the reformation of society as well as individuals.’

‘Many evangelical Protestants also want to erode the separation of church and state.’

‘In common with many Irish Protestants, he was horrified at the execution of Charles I.’